Sec. 161.0603.  LABORATORY TESTING.  (a)  The Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory is the state's regulatory animal health laboratory.
(b)  This section does not prevent the commission from:
(1)  using a laboratory other than the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory for a test as needed; or
(2)  collecting specimens and performing field tests to diagnose animal diseases.
(c)  The commission and the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory shall enter into a memorandum of understanding to:
(1)  establish the laboratory services to be performed by the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory;
(2)  provide reporting requirements for the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory on all test requests received from the commission; and
(3)  set fees associated with laboratory services performed for the commission in amounts sufficient to recover the costs of those services.
(d)  The commission and the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory shall annually review the memorandum of understanding under Subsection (c).
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 849 (S.B. 705), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2021.